Sobeys

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

1 further ownership link is recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so it is not shown here.

What’s documented

• 2025-09-08lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2025).source →
• 2024-07-26legalProceedingSobeys remained a named defendant in an ongoing class action lawsuit alleging participation in a national bread price-fixing conspiracy from approximately 2001 to 2015. The lawsuit, which covers Sobeys, Metro, Walmart Canada, Canada Bread, and Giant Tiger, remained active after Loblaw Companies and George Weston Limited settled for $500 million in July 2024. Sobeys has denied culpability and no charges have been filed against the company.source →
• 2023-09-28laborRelationsUFCW locals representing Sobeys and Safeway workers in Western Canada secured 98-99% strike authorization votes in September 2023 after Empire Company initially offered wage increases of less than 1% and sought concessions. Following the strike mandates, Empire agreed to settlement terms that included the highest wage increases in 25 years for grocery workers and pathways to more full-time positions.source →
• 2023-03-08lobbyingEmpire Company Limited CEO Michael Medline appeared before a federal parliamentary committee studying food price inflation on March 8, 2023. Medline denied that Sobeys' profit margins were responsible for elevated food prices, telling members of Parliament that suggestions of corporate profit-margining were 'false.'source →
• 2022-11-04otherOn November 4, 2022, Empire Company Ltd. (parent of Sobeys) was hit by a Black Basta ransomware attack that disrupted IT systems across its store network for approximately one week. Pharmacy services were offline for four days, preventing prescription filling at some locations. Self-checkout terminals, gift cards, and Scene+ loyalty redemptions were also affected. Empire estimated the financial impact at approximately $25 million net of insurance. Provincial privacy regulators in Quebec and Alberta confirmed receiving breach notifications, indicating personal information of customers and employees was accessed.source →
• 2021-06-28lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2021); subjects: Climate, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Environment, Industry.source →

What we’ve classified so far

• monopoly abuse1
• political influence1
• worker exploitation1

3 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.